. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/2/Add.83 
16 December 2004 
 
 (04-5550) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English 
 
 
IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE AGREEMENT 
ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE 
 
Communication from the Republic of Sierra Leone  
 
Addendum  
 
 
 The following communication under Article 15.2 of the Agreement has been received from 
the Republic of Sierra Leone . 
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1. The Government of the Republic of Sierra Leone accepted with effect from 15 January 1995, 
Agreements establishing the WTO, the Agreements and the associated Legal Instruments included in 
Annexes 1, 2 & 3  ( Inter alia the Agreements on the WTO). 
 2. The Ministry of Trade and Industry, which is responsible for the implementation of the 
WTO Agreements, has the overall responsibility for ensuring that the obligations under the 
agreements are fulfilled. 
3. A National Coordinating Committee on Trade (NCCT), an Advisory Body on trade and 
trade-related matters has been approved by Cabinet,  and is charged with the responsibility of trade 
policy coordination. 
4. The membership of the NCCT consists of relevant government Ministries, agencies and the 
private sector, namely: 
 (i) Office of the Vice President. 
 (ii) Customs and Excise Department. 
 (iii) Sierra Leone Standards Bureau. 
 (iv) Sierra Leone Ports Authority. 
 (v) Sierra Leone Telecommunications Company (SIERRATEL). 
 (vi) Administrator and Registrar General's Department. 
 (vii) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation.  (viii) National Commission for Privatization.  (ix) National Tourist Board. 
 (x)  Sierra Leone Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture (SLCCIA). 
 (xi) National Cooperative Development Bank (NCDB). 
 (xii) Ministry of Tourism and Culture. 
 (xiii) Sierra Leone Export Development and Investment Corporation (SLEDIC). 
 (xiv) Ministry of Finance. 
 (xv) Ministry of Marine Resources. 
 (xvi) Sierra Leone Indigenous Businessmen Association (SLIBA). 
 (xvii) Ministry of Transport and Communications  G/TBT/2/Add.83 
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 (xviii) The Cooperative Department 
 (ix) The Income Tax Department. 
 (xx) Statistics Sierra Leone. 
 (xxi) Bank of Sierra Leone. 
 (xxii) Ministry of Trade and Industry (Chair). 
 
5. The Sierra Leone Standards Bureau (The Bureau) is the WTO/TBT Enquiry Point in 
Sierra Leone.  The Bureau has been designated by the Ministry of Trade and Industry as the Focal 
Point for disseminating information to stakeholders, in fulfillment of Sierra Leone's obligations, in 
line with the TBT Agreement.  6. The Bureau's address is as follows:  
 
 WTO/TBT Enquiry Point 
 Sierra Leone Standards Bureau  
 SLPMB Headquarters Building   C.T. BOX 11 
 Cline Town Freetown  
 Sierra Leone. 
 
 Telephone:  + (232) 22 228374   E-mail:  slstandard@sierratel.sl 
7. The Sierra Leone Standards Bureau operates under the regulatory framework of the 
Standards Act  no. 2 of 1996 and is responsible for standardization, testing, certification and 
metrology.  The mode of preparation of Sie rra Leone Standards involves all the relevant 
stakeholders with all standards based on international standards. 
 
8. Notices of standards/codes of practic e/technical regulations designated by the 
Sierra Leone Standards Bureau are published in the Sierra Leone Gazette, the official 
publication of Government. 
 
9. The Sierra Leone Standards Bureau is the coordinating organ for all standards activities 
in Sierra Leone. 
 
10. Another government agency involved in conformity assessment is the Sierra Leone 
Pharmacy Board, responsible fo r the registration of drugs. 
 
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